Trump aide calls India’s Russian oil purchases ‘laundromat for the Kremlin’
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro blasted India for continuing to buy Russian oil and said he expects punitive tariffs of 50 per cent...
12 held in Hong Kong raids on illegal work, including make-up for G.E.M. fans
Hong Kong immigration officers have arrested 12 people in a citywide crackdown on illegal labour, with some suspects allegedly working unlawfully as make-up artists...
Hong Kong cannot afford to ignore civil rights of same-sex couples
The Registration of Same-sex Partnerships Bill, currently before Hong Kong’s Legislative Council, has become a key point in debates about the city’s traditional values...
US stops visas for truck drivers after crash involving Indian man kills 3
Published: 9:04am, 22 Aug 2025Updated: 9:10am, 22 Aug 2025 President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday abruptly stopped issuing US visas for truck drivers after...
AI scientist Cao Ting leaves Microsoft lab for China’s Tsinghua University
Published: 9:00am, 22 Aug 2025Updated: 9:03am, 22 Aug 2025 Cao Ting, a leading artificial intelligence researcher and former research manager at Microsoft Research Asia...
Married Chinese man dies after hotel sex with lover; his family seeks US$77,000
Published: 9:00am, 22 Aug 2025Updated: 9:40am, 22 Aug 2025 A court in China has ordered a woman to pay 62,000 yuan (US$8,600) in compensation...
Hong Kong water scandal: tougher vetting of tender bidders needed, lawmakers say
Hong Kong lawmakers have called for tougher vetting of bidders for government tenders, accusing authorities of accepting information submitted by companies at face value...
Philippine president fumes over flood corruption, ‘economic sabotage’
Published: 8:00am, 22 Aug 2025Updated: 8:08am, 22 Aug 2025 President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr has expressed anger over failed flood-control projects in the Philippines, as...
China’s rise in biotech could lower healthcare costs, investor says
China’s rise in biotech innovation offers the world a potentially cheaper alternative to costly healthcare products from Western suppliers, but geopolitical tensions remain a...